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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1901

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Newcastle Police Court Thursday, May 22. (Before Mr. M.S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 6

Two first offenders for drunkenness were each fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the rising of the Court…

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Newcastle Small Debts Court Thursday, May 23. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 6

Judgments were given as follow:— Cook and Co., v. George Sinclair, claim £3 3s 4d; verdict for plaintiff, with 11s Court costs…

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Lambton. Police Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 7

Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., yesterday, John Coffee pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on the 23rd instant, and was admonished and…

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Murder on the Lorton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 4

At Falmouth, on April 17, Valerie Giovanni, an Italian, was charged before the magistrates with wilfully murdering, on February 15, while on the high aeas, a seaman named Victor Bailleff. Both…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 24. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 3

Seven first offenders for drunkenness in the streets of the city and suburbs were each fined 2s 6d, with the option of imprisonment till the…

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The Police Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1901 · page 7

Superintendent Cotter and Inspector Lynch were responsible for the excellent police arrangements, and the men under their control were as energetic as they…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, May 25. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 May 1901 · page 7

Four first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Henry Cutter, an old offender, was fined 10s, with the option of three…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, May 27. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 3

William Kitson, William Strange, William Campbell, John Backley, Chas. Rappold, Frederick M'Donnell. James Patterson, Lawrence Ward, and…

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A Wrinkle for the Police

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 7

Sir,—Re the many petty thefts at Newcastle of late, I would respectfully submit that were there no receivers there would be no thieves. A…

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Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, May 28. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 6

Mary Hughes, aged 55, a widow, arrested by Constable M'Cann for drunkenness in Hunter-street, and Patrick Kearney, aged 42, a labourer, arrested by Constable…

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Greta Police Court. Wednesday, May 29. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 7

C. Stanmore was proceeded against by F. Shortland (for the Greta Coal Company), for alleged trespass of horses on the company's property at…

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Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, May 29. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 6

Three first offenders were admonished and discharged. Stephen Earl, aged 46, a miner, for drunkenness in Darby-street, was…

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Minmi Police Court. Wednesday, May 29, 1901. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 6

Senior-Constable Bowen procerded against William Daniel on a charge of disobedience of an order of the Court for maintenance. The amount sued for being paid into…

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Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, May 30. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 6

Martin Hineham, seaman, for drunkenness, was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the Court. For a similar effence, Henry Ross, seaman, was…

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Small Debts Court. Thursday, May 30. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 6

Mrs. J. Aubrey v. Moses Jones, claimin 17s 2d for goods sold and delivered; verdict for plaintiff for 7s 3d. Newcastle Building and Investment…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, May 31. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 7

Joseph Bashford, of Dudley, summoned Enoch Keath for the recovery of a sewing machine, valued £8 8s, wrongfully detained…

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Newcastle Police Court. Friday, May 31. (Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Drunkenness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

Seven first offenders for drunkenness were admonished and discharged. Alleged Theft. Abdul Azis, aged 52, a hawker, was…

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Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, June 1. (Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Deemed to be Insane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 3

Hannah Williams, a widow, aged 78, was charged by Senior-Constable Rogers, of Waratah, with being deemed to be insane. The denior-constable…

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Murder in Queensland. a Woman Stabbed. Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 5

The police to-night arrested a man named John Reuben, aged 55, a Portuguese, on a charge of murdering Fanny Hardgraves, or Hordwake, a single…

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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, June 3. Before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M.) Charge of Desertion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 3

Auguste Gaborit and Jean Marie Even, two seamen, were charged with deserting the French vessel Emperor Menelik on 31st May. Upon the…

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